time ffr the candidates to make a final push forr votes..... joel d. locatioos in norrhwest baltimore... but joee many are prrdicting yooumight not yeah atrice... here's the samppe ballot for mayor, but the quession is, ow many will fill oot one of thess today. some estimates at less than 30 percent of egistered voters.... others more dire, and closer to 18 percent. polls open here at 7am, but that final plea for votes was innfull swinggyesterday. &pyesterdayy stephanie rawlings blaae greeted voters there. many of them were pushiiggherrover creation.... but that comes with the territory when you are the only one who has actually held the op spottin thh city before. the challengees were out rolley also at lexington market saying if you don't vote, that's baaically aavote for the current mayor. jodd landersstelling voters the ellction is not over, you trail talking aout hangg. 3 ffank conaway, the home health care nurse wilton wilson round out the ballot. candidates have in common.... &paa coocern over voter turnout. 3 landers 1040 doo't lissen o what he pundiis are saying or the prognosticators, ttis votes are tallied up tomorrowwn. niggt. according to... about in the six days of early voting, so he did not expeet a the polls close at 8pm tonight. and let's rememberr there is a republican primary as pell todayy... but in his cityy with the deeocratssby far outnumbering republicans... many llok at today as the real lection for mayor. -3 3 as the electionnresults roll in, we'll bring them to you ... first on fox45.. news t ten. ii shot.itthappened around 100 - o ' clock last nighh on hayshed laae.when police arrived they founddthe victim with at least one gunshot wound, with her car still taken to the hospital in waa &pcritical condition. the woman charged in the beating of a transgenderedd woman in a rosedale mcdonald's today.teonna brown pleaded guilty last montt to first degree assault and a hate crimeethe beating was cauggt on tape... and went viral. prosecutors sayy they lan to ask for aafive-year prison term.a juvenile was charged in tte same attack... and is servinggtime in a detention in washington d-c, policc have their hands fulll.. investigating a string of suspiccous transgendered deaths.the latest one happened monday, when a transgendered pprson was shot in the neck. inciients date as far back as jjly... whennsomeone was murdered in the northeast part of the city.more than 11 have that's raising conccrn in the transgendered commmnity the case... and on't tolerate such violence. a fiery crash... leadd to a daring rescue in utth.and it's all caught on camera. takeea looo.this was the scene monday... after a motorcycle slammed into a car... igniting both n flames..ystanders rushed over... after realizing the biker was trapped under the car.you see the group actually lift the car ooto itt side... while someone pulls phe unconscious bbker out from under it.he was rushed to the hospital for surgery. amazingly... both drivers arr exxeettd to survive. police are now working to identify the good samarittns who helped save the man's life. leads to áthisáájaw-dropping footage.homes....collapsed to tropical storm lee... ann the o- several inches of rain the storm left behind.thousands of people were evacuated from the area... because of all the wwter.destruction liieethis... was cased by heavv rains saturating the grrund beneath. an effort to relieve flooding in pennsylvania... turns up chesapeake bay. bay.take a look at this amazing video out of anne arundel county.homeowners aaound cape saint claireehave been watching the debris accumulate since saturday morning... after most of thh fllodgates were opeeed upstteam by the conowingo dam. countless plastic bottles, treeetrunkk, tires and all sorts of other junk washed see."> residents say they want it to beecleaned up... but on'ttknow who's say they've been calliig looal, state and federal officials... ann so far, they'veereceived no response or help. it's not everyday you heaa the show.bbt for auburn aling university... that's exactty saturday.peoole shouting take a clooe look at this video.you caa see the school's mascot... "spirit"....thh little trooble with his - pre-game performance.after circling around... and swooping toward the crowd... stadium window.his haadlers think he mayyhhve gotten hey confused... because he's not auburn's usual preegame performer. coming up... drama... onnthe set of the hit show "glee."why one ccaracter... could soon be getting the boot. you're watchhng fox 45 morniig --meteorologist emilyygracey is ive with the dettiis on this morning's hometown hotspot american festival--unique event focusiig on community and familiess-historic settlements exhibit, artists, pood, muuic music the baltimore county african american festival is at towson courts patriots plaza on saturday baltimore dot com slash fx - morning. 3 3 3&maps-fiber- back to maps-83nof 695 coming up... &pamy winehouse'' dad iss speaking out... about his daughtee's death.what condition he thinks killed her. and you ight noticc a ppir of giant wings... drrving by you on your morning commute.what plane they belong to... andd whhre they're headed. news.. all local.. all mornnng. ((break 2)) new thii morning... louisiana o-p candidate rick perrr.for g-- &pgovernor jindal announced he' ennorsing perry... for the 2012 presideecy.jindal went as perry's guest monday night... at the tea party rrpublican debate in tampa. hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for free tickees to see the nee memorial t ground zero. about 7-thousand people had tickets to viiit the memorial as it opeeed to the public on visit in the cooing months. the monument as two 30-foot deep pools... bronze plates with victims' namessand a prove of 2-hundred oak trees. the winns that guided the water landinn are on their ay to a new home.these flat-bed trucks began he long slow carolina on monday.there....h 3 phey'll be reunited with the fuselage of flight 15-49.the plane is now at an air museum in charlotte ... the flight's originaa destination. amy winehouse's father died of a seizure brought on from quitting drinking. speaking on anderson cooper'ss new daytime show... miich been clean for three years... but said alcchol had been a mmre recenn problem. he said she'd had seizures in the past... and should have detoxed nder mmdical supervision. ((what happened to amy wasn't aaything o do with drugs, it might be thht drugs took control in the eaaly years, all.)) at all.))o drugs in her - winehouse died in july. the ccuse of death is still being investigated. meanwhile ... the laae singer's final recording will be released tomorrow... on what ould have been her 28thh birthday. serena williams has been slapped with a 2-thousand dollar fine for veebally abusing an umpire at the u-s oppn.the incident happened final loss.the u-s tennis association says the fine ii consistent with similar offenses. there could be trrubll on the set of "glee."theenew york post says co-creator ryan murphy is reconsidering cory because monteith complained theecast is overworreddand underpaid. murphy lso allegedly threatened to cut the actor from a glee spin-off in the wwoks. reps for monteith and the show say the story isn't true. coming up... controversy... ooer the popular show "ssonge bob square ants." pants."who livee in a pineapple unddr the sea? spongg bob square pants! what some expertt think... it's doing to harm kids. little girls and parents hat didn't have a chhice. that's but next... michele bachmann takes a jab at rickkperry... during last night's g-o-p presidential debate.whht she accused him of doing.you're all local.. all morring. ((breek 3)) for a great vacation you can't beat mississippi. sure you can, it's called louisiana. hang on, florida's where folk's want to be. that's only until they get a taste of alabama hospitality. we can't agree on which state's best, but we can agree on one thing, wherever you vacation in the gulf, you'll have a great time. great seafood, beautiful beaches and fun for the whole family. we've got intimate bed and breakfast right on the water. cafe's with views of the gulf. go blue water fishing, ride a kayak, or just enjoy the world's best weather and soak up the world's best sun. we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. and we are 100% open for business. you mean 100% open for fun. here in the best part of the gulf. louisiana, florida, alabama, mississippi. this could go on for a while. foo the second time in two weeks... republican presidential hopefuls got a chance to lay innt each other face-to-face.as tommyyaadres expllins... eight of them participated monday night. nnght. frontrunner and texas govvrnor rick perry seemed to be wearing a bulls eye during the ebate.and his rivals had no probbem taking aim....with mitt romney leadinn the charge. romney: "the question is, do yyu still believe that social ssccrity should be ended as a &pfederal program as you did si months ago when your book came outtann reeurn to the states? or do you want o retreat from to have a conversstion." romney: "we're having that righh now, governorr we're running for president."perry: anddi'll finish this conversationperry accused romney oo trying to scaae senior citizens.but newt gingrich pointed the finger elsewhere."i'm not governoo perry and governor rommee frighteninggthe american people when president obamm scares themmevery singlee day. (applause)"perry then had to fend off an attack from congresswoman michele bachmann. she went afttr his executive order calling for a cervical canner vaccine for young girls in his state.bbchmann ays the move benefitted a rug company that donated to perry's campaign."i raise aboutt$30 millioo and if you''e saying can be bought by $5,000,,i'm offended.""i'm offended for all the little irls and parents that didn't haveea choice. that's what i'm offended for."perry gave as good as he got...even with attacks commng from all sides. it's position he's likely to find himself in again as he continuessto lead in the polls. i'm tommy andres, reporring. the head of the democratic national committee... calls the debate quote- "more of the same" from the g-o-p.she says the candidates didn't give &pvoters any solutions to america's economic problems. one woman's craving for ice cream... leads toosomething even sweeter.annabelle county... is maryland's newest millionaire.she decided to buy a scratch-off ticket... after pf her favorite ice cream bbcks... turned into a million. and even better?... it came without the calories. davis says "i went to the farms store to buy ice cream. i'm on a little bit offa diet so i'm not supposed to buy ice cream, so they didn't have any mint chocolate chip so i bought a scratch off." off." davis says she plans on saving the monny for retirement.. coming up... itts the show that's stirring up controversy. controversy..ho lives in a pinnapple under the sea? sponge bob ssuareepants! urging parents....to steer their kids awayyfrom ((joel live tease)) you're waaching ffx 45 morning news.. aal local.. all morning.. p(break 4)) ñ beating a trans- gender at a mcdonald's. the sentence for the woman 3 -northwest baltimore 3 3 p 33 maps-fiber-back to maps 3 the polls open at 7 am, and by theeend of the dayy we''l know which voters have spoken the loudest. the primary for mayor anddcityy council formally ends today after months of tough talk joel d..smith is live ii northwwst baltimore here many will vote today.... but the biggest question may be... how many? good morning yyah patriie... here's the sample ballot for mayor, will fill out one oo these than 30 percent of registered voters.... others more dire, and closer to 18 percent. polls open heee at 7am, but in full swing yesterday. 3& over at lexington market... . the incumbant, stephanie rawlings lake greeted voters there. many of them were pushing her over joo cuts and a lacc oo job creation.... but that comes with the territory when ou are the only one who has acttally held the too spot in the city before. 33 he challengers were out in force as ell. otis market saying if you don't vote, that's basically a vote for the current mayor. the electioo is not over, yoo - need to get ouu ann vott. statt senator catherine pugh also beating the campaign prail talking about change. frank conaway,,the outspoken clerk of courts and home healthhcare nurse iltonn wilson round out one thing all the candidatts have in common.... a concernnoverr voter turnout. s-srb i always say, i don't want to benefit from low voter turnout, i am a and thinkkwe all thrive when we have an active democracy, so hopefully evvryone will come out. 5635 you knno, sooppl vote, so you can turn this tim powell. voter voter 3 3 as the lection esultt roll in, weell bring them to you ... first on fox45.. news at ten. two baltimore city students are arrested... after getting caught inna school bathroom... with a guu.it happened monday morning... at renaissance academy.authoritiesssay the gun wassunloaded at the tiie. the schooo isn't releasing the names of the sttdenns... but it says the students will face extended suspension or expuusion. &pnew information ... in the case of a maryland oman... still missing in aruba. gardner... jjst 3-hourr before she vannshed.she's seen in a pestauraat... with gary giordano... the man qqestioned in her disappearance.giordano claims she vanished underwater....while the tto pent snorkeling last month.but aathorities have ounddflaws p 566year old man is recovering this morning... after his car became trapped in a sinkhole. sinkhhle.the driver got monday, morning.crews were ck clearing the areaaon "queen davidsonvvlle.recent storms could be the cause of the mess. reeiients say this was a sight they've never seen before. "ii was still surprising none the llss"-butt to-"mother nature has no disernment... guess...even here in anne --3 arundel county" the hosptial in erious condition, but he should be okay. it's been almost a weee since floodwaters forced the evacuatiin of resiients in port deposit.and this morning... dozens of ffmiliiss still cannot return hooe. home. the ater may be now... is mud.heavy machineeyy ii being used to remove it from roodss.. and garages... in hopes ttat the town can (rick err) "thhs is tomes laadinn.... water up to in here" (man cleaninggup) "this is very slipperr (walking) in garage this deep" deep" clean-up is expected to take several weeks. meanwhile... controversy is brewing... over how the mayor of port deposit, spent art off hii eekend.... following the big flood.mayor wayne tome says he spent days working n the city's command post... phill his community was being eeacuattd.buu some residenns are outraged that sunday... thh mayor spent his afttrnoon many port deposit residents still couldn't get backkto their homes.the mayor stands by his decisson. mayor wayne tome: "because i have eason txx. with my son.. i had everything meeupp we had everything cover" cooered" many people argue thh ayor should have stayed in town.... most.lp those wwo needed him - controversy... surroundinn nickelodeon'sslongest-running cartoon show... spongebob square panns. pants.who lives in a pineapple under the sea? sponge bob square pants! a new study finds the show... could be doing harm to your ccild.research finds that watching just nineeminutes of tte fast paced cartoon... ccn and learning problems in a 4-year-old. experts say that's because fast-paced partoons can overload a child's brain. of electrical siinals all in the brain at once and children who are not yet deeeloped 4 year old caa't sort it out."-butt to -welleck kidssscrambled and anxious and overloaded and unable to focus " period."doctors advises &pparents to spend more time &pad-lib 3&that brings us to our questio of that brings s to ad-lib 3 that brings us to our question of thh day:do you think fast- paced cartoons are harmful to calls in our 7 ooclock hour. you can also go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you ttink... post your thoughts on our facebook wall ...or ... answer under our new facebook section "inside fox45".you can also send us a tweet.. at answer to 45203.enter fox44a and stay ttned to fox45 morning news for continuing coverage of this story.the chaiimmn offpediatricssat study... and which shows are better for your child's heelth. o'clock hhur. coming upp.. heightennd security... post 9/11.what threat levels rrmain high... and how long this 3& geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. 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((break )) new ttis morning... congreeswoman gabrielle giffords will share hhr story for the first time since she an arizona grocery stoor.diane an aawyer from a-b-c news has landed theeinterview... set to still unclear hether giffords will actually appeer on cameraa the congresswoman's camppsays giffords hasn't decided on that just yet. hundreds of thouuands of people have signed up for free tickkts to see theenew memorial at ground zeeo. about 7-thousand people had tickets to visit the memorial as it opened to the public on monday... and 400-thousandd hhve registered online to visittin he coming months. the monument has two 30-foot deep pools... bronze plates with victims' names and a grove of 2-hundred oak trees. p3 the 10th annivvrsary of 9-11 has come and gone .. but thh threat level remains heightened thrrughout the countty. p a credible bbt may have sent 3 people to eda - detonate a car bomb in waasington d-c or new york ... on higg alert. almost everywhere you went ww ramp up security around 9-11 ... al-qqeda is marking the oocasson bb releasing new video on jihadist websites. lateet video eatures new al- queda leader ayman al-zawahri ... and neeer before seen footage of osama bin laden. ii's tiiled ... 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